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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 90-92 |
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Hemifacial spasm due to non-ketotic hyperglycemia
Subrata Chakrabarti
Department of General Medicine, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Subrata Chakrabarti
Doctor's Hostel, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER), AJC Bose Road, Kolkata - 700 020, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2349-4220.148016
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Different movement disorders including chorea and hemichorea-hemiballismus are known to be some interesting presentations of uncontrolled hyperglycemic states (both in type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus). Hemifacial spasm is rarely reported as a manifestation of hyperglycemic state. Here, the author reports an extremely rare case of hemifacial spasm which developed as the presenting manifestation of non-ketotic hyperglycemia in type 1 diabetes mellitus. |
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